Includes all sales entitled "garage sale," "attic sale," "rummage sale" or any similar casual sale of tangible personal property which is promoted by any means whereby the public at large is, or can be, made aware of such sale, and consistent with § 122-5 of this chapter.

Includes individuals, partnerships, voluntary associations and corporations.
For the purpose of the provisions of this chapter relating to licensing, "person"
shall include family or household groups occupying the same dwelling unit.

It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct more than two garage
sales in a calendar year in the Town of Ellicott. For each of these two garage
sales, the person shall contact the Ellicott Town Clerk with the information
hereinafter specified and obtain from such Town Clerk a license to do so,
to be known as a "garage sale license."

Such license shall be issued to each person who is having
the sale, in the case of a group or street sale, and each home listed on the
license shall get a copy of the license, which shall count as a sale for each
person in the group.

The name of the owner of the property on which the sale
is to be conducted and the written consent of the owner, if the applicant
is other than the owner, the name and signature of each owner of the property
if one person applies for the license on behalf of a group.

The merchandise offered at the sale shall be only used, unwanted items
of personal property acquired for normal use by the licensee, and not purchased
at other locations specifically to resell at a garage sale, as defined herein.

Any sale conducted by a merchant or mercantile or other
business establishment from or at a place of business wherein such sale would
be permitted by the zoning regulations of the Town of Ellicott[1] or under the protection of the nonconforming use provisions thereof,
or any other sale conducted from properly zoned premises and not otherwise
prohibited.

Any bona fide charitable, educational, cultural or governmental
institution or organization; provided, however, that the burden of establishing
the exemption under this subsection shall be on the organization or institution
claiming such exemption.

It shall be the duty of the Code Enforcement Officer
of the Town of Ellicott to investigate any violations of this chapter brought
to his attention by complaint or arising during the performance of his regular
duties.

Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction,
be subject to a fine not exceeding $100 and/or imprisonment not to exceed
15 days, or both, at the discretion of the court. The continuation of a violation
against the provisions of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the
violation is continued, a separate and distinct violation.